Citizens’ Assembly could hold key to Defence Forces’ future | Business Post

Ben Tonra of UCD has said that Ireland has “never had a conversation as to what our neutrality meant in a post Cold War era”. Picture: Getty

Ireland needs to hold a citizens’ assembly to define the kind of Defence Forces that the country wants to respond to the changing threats of the 21st century, Ben Tonra, a UCD professor of international relations, has said. A citizens’ assembly would be a “perfect” forum to kick-start a national conversation on the role and function of the Defence Forces, Tonra told the

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